Trinity Green chapel, street frontage and the green is a publicly owned by Tower Hamlets Council while the almshouses themselves are both privately and council owned.

Originally built for incapacitated mariners in 1695, the grade I listed almshouses are believed to a joint creation of John Evelyn and Sir Christopher Wren.

Trinity Green was rescued from demolition in 1895, when public figures including Prime Minister William Gladstone campaigned to preserve the buildings. Since then, WWII bomb damage and unsympathetic nearby development have continued to threaten these unique buildings.

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Sainsbury’s have resubmitted plans for a Dubai style, white skyscraper, 28 stories tall, tens of meters from the almshouses.

The uninterrupted views to the east and west of Trinity Green have been protected from intrusion for the last 320 years.

If the Sainsbury’s development is permitted, the green, which is a public setting and landmark, will be dominated by a very large, white tower block, completely out of scale with the locality. The proposed skyscraper will cause substantial harm to the public’s enjoyment of the unique setting of the almshouses.